Modi, Advani visit Vajpayee on 90th birthdayNew Delhi, Dec 25 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani were among the leaders who Thursday visited former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence and greeted him on his 90th birthday and on being conferred the Bharat Ratna.

Modi visits Vajpayee on his birthdayNew Delhi, Dec 25 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday visited former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence and greeted him on his 90th birthday and on being conferred with the Bharat Ratna.

Shared rare friendship with Vajpayee: AdvaniNew Delhi, Dec 24 : Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said he and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been named for the Bharat Ratna, shared a rare friendship, and that in their younger days, Vajpayee would often ride pillion on his scooter to have chaat at his favourite ...

Family members welcome Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee, MalaviyaAllahabad/Raipur, Dec. 24 : The family members of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya on Wednesday expressed their delight over the decision to confer them Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award.

Shared rare friendship with Vajpayee: AdvaniNew Delhi, Dec 24 : Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said he and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been named for Bharat Ratna, shared a rare friendship, and that in their younger days, Vajpayee would often ride pillion on his scooter to have chaat at his favourite ...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A giant in Indian politics (Profile)New Delhi, Dec 24 : In the six decades he was in electoral politics, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, awarded the Bharat Ratna Wednesday, catapulted from one who lost one election after another to a colossus who eventually became India's only non-Congress prime minister to last a full five years in office.

DD National to showcase documentaries on Malaviya, VajpayeeNew Delhi, Dec 24 : Special documentaries on former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the late freedom fighter-educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, who have been named for the Bharat Ratna on eve of birthdays, will be screened by Doordarshan National Thursday.

Politicos describe Vajpayee as right Bharat Ratna recipientNew Delhi, Dec. 24 : Appreciating the announcement of Bharat Ratnas for former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, political leaders cut across party lines to say that both were deserving of the same.

Vajpayee tenure blemishless; Kargil, Gujarat riots not a blot: AdvaniNew Delhi, Dec 24 : As the government named Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Bharat Ratna, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said the former prime minister's tenure at the helm was "blemishless" and he did not think the 1999 Kargil conflict and the 2002 Gujarat riots could be considered negative ...

Vajpayee and Modi: Scarred inheritanceBy Tarun Basu: Over a decade after Atal Bihari Vajpayee relinquished power -- and in many ways withdrew from public life -- after an electoral defeat that his party never foresaw but he seemed to have, the present government is seeking to appropriate his legacy by hailing him as an icon of good ...

Omar rules out supporting BJP, says tweets on Vajpayee were ...Srinagar, Dec. 22 : Ruling out any post-assembly election alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that his tweets about conferring Bharat Ratna to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were misconstrued completely.